Rosters announced for BC Rugby Cups Competitions round one

January 25, 2013, Victoria, BC (ISN) – The Vancouver and Vancouver Island Rugby Unions have announced their rosters for round one of the 2013 BC Rugby Cups Competitions to take place at Westhills Stadium in Langford on Saturday, January 26th.

The triple header gets underway at 11:30am with the senior women’s teams competing in the first leg of the Ruth Hellerud-Brown Cup. The Dunbar Keg Competition will feature U20 men’s players who are eligible for the upcoming 2013 Junior World Rugby Trophy national team roster heading to Chile in June. The Island U20s roster announced for Saturday features 11 players who attended last week’s Rugby Canada U20 trial camp in Victoria. Wrapping up Saturday’s schedule will be the revival of the coveted McKechnie Cup, a trophy first contested for back in 1896.

Round two of the Cups Competitions will feature Vancouver Island away to Fraser Valley with all three matches to be played at Abbotford’s CFV Exhibition Park on February 2nd. The third and final round of the series will be at Stanley Park’s Brockton Oval on February 16th with the Vancouver Rugby Union set to host Fraser Valley.